QuantumScape (QS) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026)
QuantumScape (QS) reported Return on Capital Employed of 37.41% for Q1 2026, up 433.0% year-over-year from 7.02% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 37.39% in Q4 2025.
QuantumScape (QS) Return on Capital Employed (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
QuantumScape (QS) has 7 years of Return on Capital Employed data on file, last reported at 37.41% in Q1 2026.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 37.41%, up 433.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 37.41% (up 433.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 37.7%, up 129.0% from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed steadied at 37.41% in Q1 2026 per QS's latest filing, from 37.39% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Return on Capital Employed peaked at 15.7% in Q1 2022 and troughed at 43.45% in Q2 2025.
- A 5-year average of 34.08% and a median of 36.24% in 2024 frame the typical range for Return on Capital Employed.
- The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Return on Capital Employed sank 1615 bps in 2022, then soared 523 bps in 2025.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 28.76% in 2022, then slipped by 13 bps to 32.44% in 2023, then plunged by 31 bps to 42.62% in 2024, then climbed by 12 bps to 37.39% in 2025, then declined by 0 bps to 37.41% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows QS's Return on Capital Employed at 37.41% in Q1 2026, 37.39% in Q4 2025, and 40.64% in Q3 2025.
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| 10 | QuantumScape | 4.23 Bn | 3.33 Bn | - | -37.41% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | -37.41% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | -37.39% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | -40.64% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | -43.45% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | -41.74% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -42.62% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | -40.92% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | -38.84% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | -36.24% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -32.44% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | -33.17% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | -35.12% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | -31.43% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -28.76% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | -24.34% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -19.14% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | -15.70% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -12.61% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | -10.40% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | -8.77% |